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TIL Dr Pepper was designed to be drank hot, as well as cold.

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wL191 TIL of WW2 US Army Captain Moffatt Burriss who, along with two other me in a Jeep, accidentally stumbled upon a 15,000 strong German Panzer Corps outside of Berlin toward the end of the war. He approached the enemy commander alone and tricked him into surrendering his army and being taken captive.
dMpZ TIL that a higher percentage of free blacks owned slaves (28%) than free whites (1.4%).
xVVb7 TIL where all the Native American tribes were located in America
ZxOR TIL Shirley Phelps-Roper (Westboro Baptist Church) is banned from entering the UK for “fostering extremism or hatred”.
X0ZQ TIL that being a gifted, high IQ child does not equate adult success. In one study of 210 highly gifted children, six became incredibly successful as adults.